American Magazine Names Nollywood Actress Omotola And Mo'Abudu Among 50 Top Women In Showbiz

Mo Abudu, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of EbonyLife TV, and
Nollywood star Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde a.k.a, Omosexy have been named
among 50 women making an impact in showbiz by Variety magazine.

According to Variety, a weekly American entertainment trade magazine, the 50 women on the list are “doing extraordinary things on the worldwide stage” with special focus on the entertainment industry.

Abudu’s profile on the magazine’s website; Variety.com read: “Abudu
used her star-making springboard as the face of daytime talkie ‘Moments
With Mo’ to launch the EbonyLife empire.

“With a film production unit and upscale lifestyle TV network; she’s been dubbed the Oprah of Africa.

“‘As a woman in a male-dominated industry, I’ve had to be
strong, focused and relentless and work twice as hard as the men around
me,’ she says.

“Determined to push for gender parity in the Nigerian biz, she
estimates that nearly 80 per cent of ‘key positions’ at EbonyLife are
filled by women,” Variety wrote.

Jalade-Ekeinde, one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine in 2013, was described as a Nollywood icon.

Variety wrote: “With more than 300 acting credits to her name, Ekeinde is an icon of Nigeria’s prolific Nollywood film biz.

“Although she says that, “at heart, I think I am an activist first.

“An ambassador for the UN’s World Food Program and campaigner
for Amnesty Intl., she’s used her big-screen platform to drive her
humanitarian goals.

“Her next step is developing a film village in the former slave
port of Badagry, where she wants young Nigerians to hone their
filmmaking skills while learning about “our rights and future as
Africans,” they said.

Reacting to the news, Abudu excitedly shared a post on Thursday on her instagram page @moabudu, writing:

“Happy International Women’s Day! I am happy to share this good
news with you all that I have been listed in The Variety Magazine 2018
International Impact Report, as one of the 50 women during extraordinary
things on the global stage.

Thank you @variety for the honour. May this be your year of GREAT PROGRESS Ladies.”

The list, which was compiled to mark International Women’s Day,
also features British singer Adele, Hollywood stars; Nicole Kidman,
Lupita Nyong’o, and Muccia Prada, creative director at Prada.